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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьmeľь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kimelаs, from Proto-Indo-European km̥H-el-i-, probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”) + *-eľь.
Cognate with Lithuanian kamanė (“bumblebee”), Latvian kamene (“bumblebee”), Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”), Proto-Germanic *humelaz (“bumblebee”).
Declension
Declension of *čьmèľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *čьmèľь | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľì |
| Accusative | *čьmèľь | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľę̇̀ |
| Genitive | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľù | *čьmèľь |
| Locative | *čьmeľì | *čьmeľù | *čьmèľixъ |
| Dative | *čьmeľù | *čьmeľèma | *čьmèľemъ |
| Instrumental | *čьmeľь̀mь, *čьmeľèmь* | *čьmeľèma | *čьmèľi |
| Vocative | *čьmeľu | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: чмѐла
- Latin script: čmèla
- Slovene: čmŕlj (tonal orthography)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
Related terms
- *komãrъ (“mosquito”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьmelь/*čьmela”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 145
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шмель”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “čmrlj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*čьmel'ь̏”
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